No. We need employment laws that are simple and accessible—laws that don’t require a law degree to navigate them. We need a tribunal system that is accessible, simple and inexpensive. The Tory Act in the last Government to introduce substantially greater tribunal fees, where somebody wanting to make a claim for unfair dismissal is now having to pay £1,250 for the privilege of having their rights protected, is absolutely unacceptable. Young people should also come out of school understanding their basic legal rights and obligations as workers, tenants and customers.

The left have spent the last 40 years patting themselves on the back for introducing or supporting laws that help them fly a flag of compassion. Big business gets what it wants anyway and the people at the bottom with no bargaining power get to live with less secure employment and zero-hours contracts. No matter how well Labour and their fellow travellers think they’ve done by adding all of these laws to the statute book, it’s an illusion. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the consequences of Labour and Conservative policies in the area of employment over the last 20 years, and their slavish devotion to the EU, can be seen in the exponential rise of ZHCs, low pay and poor conditions. Thank you.